Lansing MI

Reporting like this only happens with your financial support. Donate to WKAR today!. East Lansing police officers will soon be able to ask people lingering in parking structures to move along after City Council members approved an ordinance Tuesday to prohibit using parking facilities for anything other than their...

The East Lansing City Council delayed a vote on a 13-story apartment building proposed for downtown at its meeting Tuesday night, but some members of council signaled they may be open to the project after more details are hashed out. The building, proposed for 530 Albert Ave where the Bailey...

Community members will have the opportunity Thursday to meet the final two candidates to become the next superintendent of Holt Public Schools.

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor delivers his State of the City Address at Dart Auditorium in Lansing, Mich., on March 18, 2026. Rather than giving a traditional speech, Schor sat behind a talk show style desk and invited city staff to provide updates on their departments' achievements from the past year.

In the days surrounding St. Patrick’s Day, East Lansing neighborhoods were filled with Michigan State University students carrying brightly colored gallon jugs. Commonly known as BORGs, or Blackout Rage Gallons, the homemade drink is popular on holidays and big weekends for MSU sports teams. The size of the jugs...

LANSING, Mich — Mod pods were a topic of discussion during Mayor Andy Schor’s annual State of the City address Wednesday night, as city leaders continue working to address homelessness and housing instability. Mayor Andy Schor and HRCS officials highlighted modular “Mod Pod” housing as part of Lansing’s...

Michigan secretary of state and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson toured construction for a set of new affordable housing apartments being built in downtown Lansing by the Lansing Housing Commission, the public housing authority for the city that provides both rental housing units and voucher-based...

A mother and father in Michigan are accused of abusing their 1-year-old son in their home until he died malnourished, cold, and stiff. Karloina Davis, 30, and Pierson Davis, 29, have been charged with murder and two counts of first-degree child abuse in connection with the death of 1-year-old Vincent Davis, the...

East Lansing will likely scrap the blocked off Albert El Fresco area that has existed downtown the last six summers, after most members of City Council said they oppose setting up the downtown space again this summer. On the consent agenda of Tuesday’s meeting, which is typically approved without discussion,...

A shared interest in unexplained crimes and the psychology behind them brought Allison Drzal (12), Cielo Gutierrez (12) and Liliane Klotz (12) together to start True Crime Club their sophomore year. Since then, the club has met every Wednesday in French teacher Madame Christopoulos’ room. For many members, it isn’t...